Rare Amur Falcon sighted near Sangareddy 'Dream Encounter'

For the seasoned birders’ trio of Syam Sundar Potturi, A. Jagadeesh and M. Rrajasekhar, it was one of the most pleasant surprises on a typical winter morning in December at the Kistareddypet Lake near Sangareddy in Telangana when they had a ‘dream’ encounter with the rarely sighted Amur Falcon.

“The Amur Falcon – the Miniature Marathoner undertakes one of the world’s longest



raptor migrations: a 20,000 km round-trip between its Siberian breeding grounds and African wintering sites,” said Syam Sundar in a chat with Media.

“Every October-November, massive flocks pass through Northeast India (Nagaland, Manipur), using it as a critical staging area to build fat reserves for their most challenging leg: a 3,500-5,000 km non-stop flight across the Arabian Sea,” he said.